Category: Bible Contradictions
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Various Numerical Contradictions Between Verses in the Old Testament
Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi Various numerical contradictions can be seen between the verses contained within the Old Testament. We note the following numerical discrepencies, as follows: II Chronicles 36:9 says that Jehoiachin was 8 years old when he became king. II Kings 24:8 says Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king. II Samuel…
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Was Keturah the Wife or the Concubine of Abraham?
According to Genesis 25:1, Keturah is described as being Abraham’s wife: “Abraham married another wife named Keturah.” The word used for wife in the Hebrew is (‘ishshah) (Strong’s No. 802)[1] and The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (2001) defines the meaning of the word as “woman, wife, female”[2]. But according to I Chronicles 1:32, we…
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Contradictory Accounts of the Creation in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2
Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi This is not a new observation. It has been long accepted by scholars that the creation accounts in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are redacted by different authors. Consider the following: All you have to do to see that the Old Testament as we know it did not come straight from…
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On The Methodology For Determining The Various Bible Difficulties
The Christian missionaries in their initial response to our list of Internal Contradictions of The Bible have made the claim that we are: …more bothered with seeking excuses not to take the Bible seriously, than finding reasons for their [our] own faith. In light of this “excuse” by the missionaries to avoid the gory details…
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Correction of Mark by Matthew and Luke
Biblical scholars agree almost universally that Mark is our earliest gospel which was later used by Matthew and Luke as a major source. As Matthew and Luke used Mark, they made certain changes and alterations to its accounts. The alterations range from improving Mark’s grammar, smoothing Mark’s negative portrayal of the apostles, changing the order…